Trophy APS

Israel’s battle-proven hard-kill active protection system — the first to shoot down an anti-tank missile in combat, now protecting armoured fleets from Gaza to Europe.

Overview

Trophy, known in the Israel Defense Forces as Meil Ruach (Windbreaker) and marketed abroad as Trophy HV, MV, VPS and LV, is a hard-kill active protection system (APS) developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems with Elta radar technology. The system detects, tracks and defeats incoming chemical-energy anti-armour threats — RPGs, recoilless-rifle projectiles and anti-tank guided missiles — at a safe stand-off distance, while simultaneously locating the shooter and feeding the firing point into the vehicle’s battle-management system. Combat-proven since 2011, Trophy is fielded on the Merkava family, adapted to the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2, and selected for the British Challenger 3, making it the de facto Western APS standard.

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